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Translator: Vine
Chapter Title: US Monster Extermination (6)
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Shin Se-hee's Utopia live broadcast went live.
─ It's finally here! My fix!!!
─ Waaahhhhh!ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
─ The world that stopped has started moving again...!
─ We've been waiting! We've been waiting! We've been waiting! We've been waiting! We've been waiting! We've been waiting! Why now! Why now! Why now! Why now! Why now! Why now!
The chat window was a frenzy, like an overheated festival.
Messages scrolled up too fast, causing the chat to stutter.
All sorts of emojis and excited posts mixed together, creating chaos.
It couldn't be helped.
After the Blue Crab Wave, the Utopia channel hadn't uploaded any content for a long time.
When the supply of 'feed' suddenly ceased.
People re-watched the uploaded videos two, three times over, boiled bone broth from them, and even licked the empty bowls clean.
They reluctantly swarmed like locusts to other hunters' videos, indulging themselves.
But there was a thirst that couldn't be quenched.
*Pang—!*
A sonic boom erupted in the air.
Jin Yuha stepped on a shadow, instantly moving above a Sapien's head.
─ !?
The quick-witted Sapien immediately raised the axe in its hand,
but Jin Yuha, her eyes cold, simply tilted her head slightly to evade its attack.
"Hup!"
*Thwack!*
The sword, held in a reverse grip, pierced through the Sapien's skull and emerged from its jaw.
Then, the Sapien's eyes spun around, *whirling—*.
It immediately rolled its eyes back and died.
Indeed, no matter how tenacious a monster's life force, a brain pierced means instant death.
"...51 kills."
Jin Yuha confirmed that its life had completely ceased before muttering in a low voice.
─ Whoa, seriously, listen to that voice... I'm utterly defeated.
─ Ooh-la-la...
─ Oppa, I'm dead...
─ Holy crap. This is legit insane, lmao.
─ What on earth is going on? Why is she flying? Did she seriously decide to become an angel now?
─ No, at this point, isn't it like the 3D maneuver gear for taking down giants, lol?
└ Sis, are you a boomer? Bringing up an anime from a hundred years ago is a bit much, isn't it?
└ Sir, the fact that you even know that already...
Yes. This was it!
That sense of fulfillment they hadn't felt from any other hunter, no matter how skilled!
A skilled male hunter? Yes, they exist.
A male DPS hunter? Rarely, but they exist.
A hunter who fulfills both?
Extremely, extremely, extremely rare, but not entirely non-existent in this world.
But when the visual element is added to that?
Truly,
there was not a single one.
Except for Jin Yuha.
Jin Yuha, stepping on shadows and gliding through the air, swinging her sword, was enough to mesmerize anyone watching.
─ Oppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
─ This is it! This is it! This is exactly it!!!
─ Ha, seriously, my eye candy! I only waited for you!
─ After watching streams of other male hunters who are always terrible. Seeing her, her class is truly different... They look like they're just playing house.
─ They're even ugly as hell.
└ Isn't that not really a fair comparison...? To compare to Jin Yuha, you'd need to bring an actor or an idol.
└ Agreed. But when I saw comparison shots with idols before, Jin Yuha still crushed them...
Shin Se-hee looked at the chat's reaction with a satisfied smile.
'As expected, Jin Yuha-ssi looks like a painting from any angle...'
She was indeed the kind of person who could sway her.
This shining uniqueness was now revealing itself to the world.
She had become a jewel that people yearned for, reaching out for her one after another.
Yet, only a select few, chosen by her, were worthy of remaining by her side.
'Hehe, and that's precisely what Utopia is.'
Just losing focus for a moment felt like she'd start gushing like the people in the chat.
'...But this time, Jin Yuha-ssi's appearance isn't the only important thing.'
Shin Se-hee composed herself and thought.
Of course, Utopia's name was already somewhat known in other countries.
But this was their first time on such a full-fledged world stage.
If it were just about making a name for themselves, Jin Yuha's influence alone might have been enough.
However, what Shin Se-hee was aiming for was much higher.
'The true power players and authorities somewhere out there, who are watching this, or will watch this...'
She had to show and prove to them.
That this wasn't just a party with a strong concept and a skilled male DPS.
But that it had sufficient value in terms of completeness and potential.
And Shin Se-hee was confident.
Over the past week.
If it was the Utopia she'd seen during Instructor Baek Seol-hee's test,
they too would have no choice but to acknowledge it.
'Then, I should show the other party members, not just Jin Yuha-nim.'
Shin Se-hee controlled the drones.
And smoothly switched the screen.
─ Uh-oh? Where's it, where's it going?!
─ Give me back my dick!!!
└ [ You have been muted for 10 minutes. ]
─ Sehee-Sehee... I'm about to blow a fuse, you hear? Seriously? Turn the screen back while I'm still asking nicely, okay?
─ Cheonhwa, you're losing your touch... losing your touch...
As the screen moved away from Jin Yuha, a barrage of complaints erupted from the angry viewers, but Shin Se-hee silently changed the view.
And the first person she showed was.
Ichika.
Blue hair and an expressionless face.
While the other combatants moved by stepping on shadows, she alone floated leisurely on a shadow,
her composure so alien that one might forget they were in a combat situation.
The fact that she was a new face, never before seen in Utopia, also played a part.
─ Who is she???
─ ...What does she do?
─ A new Utopia member?
─ Everyone else is playing a one-coin RPG, but she seems to be playing a healing game all by herself...?
Just then.
"Kieeeek!!!!!!!"
"Keeek!!"
A group of Sapiens, each wielding a weapon, charged at Ichika.
But Ichika remained unmoving, simply staring straight ahead with a blank expression.
─ Huh?
─ Oh?
─ Dude?
─ She's in danger...!?
─ Hey, hey! Look ahead! Ahead!!!
The chat, flustered, warned of the danger in unison, but of course, she couldn't hear them.
*Swoosh!*
The moment a long spear shaft shot towards her.
Ichika, as if she already knew, didn't change her expression and casually raised one hand.
Then, the shadow supporting her feet erupted, pushing the Sapiens away.
And the shadows and Sapiens began to fight a desperate battle among themselves.
*Thwack!*
The attack power and defense of each individual shadow didn't seem particularly strong.
They scattered easily when the Sapiens exerted their monstrous strength to bat them away.
However, the shadows endlessly surged forth as if infinite.
*Crack!*
*Crunch!*
*Gnaw!*
They swarmed like a pack of dogs, latching onto the Sapiens' bodies, tearing at them, and dislocating their joints.
"Kueeeek!"
"Keeeeeek!"
"Kuaaaak!"
The Sapiens soon died with agonizing screams and in gruesome states.
Yet, even amidst such a situation, Ichika didn't even spare a glance at the monsters.
─ ?
─ ??
─ Whoa, holy...
─ Crazy. Utopia brought another monster...
─ Nothing to be surprised about. Utopia just did a Utopia.
─ No, it's seriously amazing where they pick up these kinds of people one by one.
And people quickly realized.
That the shadows she controlled were the same black substance Jin Yuha had been stepping on moments ago.
Next, the drone sequentially showed Kang Do-hee, Sophia, and Im Ga-eul, and finally, Lee Yuri.
Immediately after Utopia's members were shown one by one.
A post appeared on the internet.
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" I'm going to perfectly explain the new recruit who joined Utopia. "
First off, I'm a 10-year veteran, a mid-tier active Tanker position hunter.
If you don't believe me, I've uploaded my verification.
Check it if you want.
Main point.
A new person suddenly joined Utopia.
Blue-haired woman.
Presumed to be a Specialist.
(It seems Shin Se-hee, who was originally presumed to be a Specialist, is now fixed as the tactician/brain?)
She looks a bit spacey and clumsy, so I was really worried at first. <= She's a total GOAT ability user.
She manipulates shadows.
These shadows have physical force, allowing all Utopia party members to step on them and fly around.
In other words, Utopia gained mobility.
Honestly, Utopia's unspoken weakness until now was large-scale group combat, right?
Everyone knows Kang Do-hee and Jin Yuha are skilled.
And while Sophia and Im Ga-eul's abilities are amazing, they often found themselves in difficult situations when facing multiple small fries.
That's why, even when everyone praised them for defending the Blue Crab Wave in Haeundae,
it was common knowledge among hunters that the battle would have ended much more easily with just one proper Specialist.
But now, with those shadows, Utopia's feet have wings, and their attack range has expanded enormously.
And what about the commonly known weakness of Specialists—their weak attack power?
That's not a weakness either.
Why?
Because they're fighting with Jin Yuha and Kang Do-hee's attack power,
not the blue-haired girl's attack power.
So, you can think of the Specialist they recruited this time as a missile launcher that fires Jin Yuha and Kang Do-hee like projectiles.
...Oh, and one last thing I want to say.
It's a bit awkward to say this myself, but I'm a pretty skilled tank in my position.
So, honestly, I saw Lee Yuri struggling a bit in her spot, and I was eyeing it, waiting for my chance.
...But, holy crap. What did that woman eat? She just completely changed in an instant.
Ha... This new Specialist is one thing.
But from my perspective, Lee Yuri is truly insane.
If there are any aspiring tanks reading this,
You absolutely have to watch the Lee Yuri video that's trending now.
Watch it twice.
Because that woman is completely insane.
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─ Okay
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─ Upvoted for effort
─ Whoa, but she's really insane. She's just auto-hunting with shadows with such a blank expression. I'm a DPS, and I feel relatively deprived.
─ I'm a prospective tank aiming for Velvet Academy, do I really need to watch Lee Yuri's video...? Honestly, besides her taunt, she's too ordinary...
└ OP) Just watch it, you idiot.